An arena filled with banners and team faithful donning its green and white colours served as an open-air wake for locals. Monday's disaster, which killed 71 passengers and crew, shocked soccer fans the world over and plunged Brazil into mourning. Earlier on Saturday, the bodies of eight journalists who also died in the crash arrived in Rio de Janeiro. In response to outpourings of support from soccer fans and clubs around the globe, Chapecoense hung a huge black banner from the outer wall of its stadium. A Colombian civil aviation document seen by Reuters confirmed the flight time was set to be four hours and 22 minutes.

Source: dna December 04, 2016 06:56 UTC